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Sukaramukham Hell – Reserved for Bad Rulers and Authorities

Details regarding Hells in Hinduism are found in the Puranas
especially the Garuda Purana. Sukaramukham Hell is mainly used to punish kings,
rulers and people who hold authority. In the Sukaramukham Hell, people are
bound with ropes by attendants of Yama and beaten to pulp until they faint. After
they recover their senses, the beating is repeated.

Those who try to escape are bound and pushed again into the
hell.

This concept of heaven and hell in Hindu tradition is based
on Puranas. Such stories and incidents in Puranas are meant to keep human
beings disciplined on earth.

Upanishads state that hell and heaven are on earth and lucky
are those who realize the true self and attain bliss here.